AÓyE   §Xvt:   p#ÞTan¤ptÞT¤:   sh*S:   .
AÓyE   nana¢vDaM¯ÅCWlan   kanna¢n   c   BE¢jrE   ¡32¡

AÓyE

some

§Xvt:

of the Rikshavan mountain

p#ÞTan¯

the valley

uptÞT¤:

resorted to

sh*S:

in several thousands

AÓyE	some others

nana¢vDan¯

several kinds of

SWlan¯

mountains

kanna¢n

forests

c

and

BE¢jrE

occupied

 
Others   in   thousands   reached   the   valley   of   the   mountain   known   as   Riksavan. The   rest   entered   various   forests   and   mountainous   regions   for   their habitat   (32).
 
s¥yIp¤æO|   c   s¤g#£v|   S@p¤æO|   c   va¢lnm¯   .
B#atrav¤ptÞT¤ÞtE   svI   ev   hr£ára:   ¡
nl|   n£l|   hn¥mÓtmÓya|à   h¢ry¥Tpan¯   ¡33¡

s¥yIp¤æO|

the son of the Sun (Sugriva)

c

and

s¤g#£v|

Sugriva

S@p¤æO|

the son of Indra (Vali)

c

and

va¢lnm¯

Vali

B#atraW

brothers

uptÞT¤:

were supportive of

tE

those

svI

all

ev

verily

hr£ára:

the chiefs of monkeys

nl|

Nala

n£l|

Nila

hn¥mÓt|

Hanuman

AÓyan¯

other

c

and

h¢ry¥Tpan¯

chiefs of the monkey army

All   those   captains   among   the   apes   were   waiting   upon   the   brothers   Sugriva born   of   the   Sun   and   Vali,   born   to   Indra,   Nala,   Nila   and   Hanuman   and other   supreme   commanders   of   the   apes   (33).

tE   taßyIbls|p°a:   svI   y¤ÑG¢vSarda:   .
¢vcrÓtaE{dIyÓdpaIt¯   ¢s|hÛyaG#mhaErgan¯   ¡34¡

tE

they

taßyI

vulture

bl

strength

s|p°a:

bestowed with

svI

all

y¤ÑG¢vSarda:

competent in warfare

¢vcrÓt:

moving around

AdIyn¯

crushed

dpaIt¯

arrogance born out of power

¢s|h

lion

ÛyaG#

tiger

mhaErgan¯

the great snakes

 
Possessed   of   strength   equal   to   Garuda   and   adepts   in   fighting,   moving all   over,   all   of   them   crushed   lions,   tigers   and   the   great   snakes,   due   to pride   (34).
 
ta|à   svaIn¯   mhabah^vaIl£   ¢vp¤l¢v@m:   .
j¤gaEp   B¤jv£yIN   §XgaEp¤ÅCvanran¯   ¡35¡

tan¯

them

c

also

svaIn¯

all

mhabah^:

gifted with long arms

val£

Vali

¢vp¤l¢v@m:

of great might

j¤gaEp

protected

B¤jv£yIN

with the strength of his arms

§X

bears

gaEp¤ÅC

apes having tails resembling the cows'

vanran¯

great apes

Those   Rikshas,   Gopuchas   and   other   apes   were   all   protected   by   the   greatly valorous   Vali,   with   the   might   of   his   arms   (35).
 
tW¢ry|   p¦¢Tv£   S¥rW:   spvItvnaNIva   .
k£NaI   ¢v¢vDs|ÞTanWnaInaÛy¸nlXNW:     ¡36¡

tW:

by them

iy|

this

p¦¢Tv£

earth

S¥rW:

valorous

spvIt

comprising of mountains

vn

forests

ANIva

oceans

k£NaI

teeming

¢v¢vD

various

s|ÞTanW:

of several forms

nana

different

Ûy¸n	indicators

lXNW:

properties of identification

 
This   earth   full   of   mountains,forests   and   oceans,was   filled   with
those valiant   ones,   who   sported   various   appearances   and   various   identity-indicators   (36).
 
tWmIGv¦Ódaclk\zkÚpWmIhablWvaInry¥TpalW:   .
bB¥v   B¥B£mSr£rãpW:   smav¦ta   ramshayhEtaE:   ¡37¡

tW:

by them

mEG

clouds

v¦Ód

groups

Acl

mountains

k\z

peaks

kÚpW:

tantamounting to

mhablW:

by those of great strength

vanr

apes

y¥T

divisions

palW:

by (the monkey) army chiefs

bB¥v

became

B¥:

the earth

B£m

fearful

Sr£rãpW:

with bodies

smav¦ta

surrounded

ram

Sri Rama

shay

to help

hEtaE:

for that reason

This   earth   was   completely   filled   by   those   captains   of   the   ape-army,   who resembled   cloud   banks   and   mountain   peaks   in
size,   who   were   extremely powerful   physically   and   were   possessed
of   terrifyiing   physical   frames,   for the   purpose   of   rendering   help
to   Sri   Rama   (37).
 
iÏyaxI  ½£md#amayNE  vaÚm£k£yE  Aa¢dkaÛyE   bal kaÎfE  sçOdS:  sgI:¡17¡
Thus  ends  canto  seventeen  of  the   Bala  kanda  of   the  first  and  ancient  poetical  work   Srimad   Ramayana   of   Valmiki